Virus warning: Sober at Christmas

zerodamage · Dec 22, 2003, 03:10 PM

"The idea of getting sober at Christmas may sound like a nightmare in itself for any hardened reveller set on a booze-fuelled yuletide but now that idea has a far more worrying double meaning - with the arrival of a variant strain of the Sober virus.

Sober.C is already doing the rounds intent on delivering a few surprises - and it doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice.

Major anti-virus vendors have upgraded the mass-mailing malware which will forward itself to email addresses stored on a victim's machine and the approach of Christmas may work in favour of the virus, increasing its impact.

Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "So far we are not seeing Sober.C in the same kind of number as some of out other infections this year but any virus which strikes over Christmas can become a real problem."

New users, logging on for the first time, are most at risk according to Clark.

"Any virus around Christmas will affect new users. An inexperienced user faced with a virus bearing email is far more likely to double click."

Source: Silicon.com

-={420}=- · Dec 24, 2003, 01:14 AM

People: don't be retarded and open e-mail attachments and everything will be OK.

Dec 22, 2003, 03:10 PM	#1
zerodamage HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,478 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Virus warning: Sober at Christmas "The idea of getting sober at Christmas may sound like a nightmare in itself for any hardened reveller set on a booze-fuelled yuletide but now that idea has a far more worrying double meaning - with the arrival of a variant strain of the Sober virus. Sober.C is already doing the rounds intent on delivering a few surprises - and it doesn't care whether you've been naughty or nice. Major anti-virus vendors have upgraded the mass-mailing malware which will forward itself to email addresses stored on a victim's machine and the approach of Christmas may work in favour of the virus, increasing its impact. Jack Clark, product manager at McAfee, said: "So far we are not seeing Sober.C in the same kind of number as some of out other infections this year but any virus which strikes over Christmas can become a real problem." New users, logging on for the first time, are most at risk according to Clark. "Any virus around Christmas will affect new users. An inexperienced user faced with a virus bearing email is far more likely to double click." Source: Silicon.com

Dec 24, 2003, 01:14 AM	#2
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	People: don't be retarded and open e-mail attachments and everything will be OK. __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]